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This invention was patented in 1876 by an "Alexander" and allowed for the transmission of voice over long distances.
What is the telephone?
Rounding to the nearest meter, Dr. Della Corte is this tall.
What is 2 meters?
The full name of the person who the ESC is named after.
What is Carl Ferdinand Eyring?
The fundamental law of physics states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
This movie character declared, "To infinity and beyond!"
What is Buzz Lightyear?
This iconic structure, located in France, was completed in 1889 and is one of the most visited landmarks in the world.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
How long Dr. Della Corte has been working at BYU.
What is 5 years (since 2018)?
The name of the mountain range situated near BYU.
What is the Wasatch/Rocky Mountain Range?
The unit of electrical resistance.
What is an Ohm?
This famous space telescope was launched in 1990.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)?
The capital city of South Korea.
What is Seoul?
The city or university where Dr. Della Corte received his doctoral degree.
What is Heinrich Heine University (Düsseldorf)?
The year that BYU was founded.
What is 1875?
In thermodynamics, the quantity that describes disorder or randomness in a system.
What is entropy?
This brass instrument, known for its shiny appearance and distinctive sound, is often featured in jazz and marching bands.
What is a trumpet?
This element has 74 protons and is represented on the Periodic Table with the letter "W".
What is Tungsten?
Dr. Della Corte's wife's research interests.
What is (anything related to Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science)?
The current number of full-time faculty members in the Physics and Astronomy department.
What is 49?
In optics, this term describes the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another, causing a change in its speed.
What is refraction?
A Shakespearean tragedy, where the main character becomes the king of Scotland and descends into madness and tyranny.
What is Macbeth?
One famous star, Rigel, is an example of this type of star.
What is a blue supergiant star?
Dr. Della Corte's most recent research publication.
What is a probabilistic view of protein stability, conformational specificity, and design?
The southernmost building that is a part of BYU's campus.
What is the Risk Management Building (RMB)?
This particle is nearly massless, doesn't interact much with matter, and comes in three flavors: electron, muon, and tau.
What is a neutrino?
This semi-hard cheese originated in the Netherlands.
What is gouda cheese?